{"id":2787,"date":"2018-10-16T18:17:49","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T16:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hp-design.at\/palpung\/mediacenter\/choeje-lama-palmo\/brief-teachings\/the-three-jewels-and-the-role-of-the-teacher\/"},"modified":"2019-01-15T19:56:35","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T18:56:35","slug":"the-three-jewels-and-the-role-of-the-teacher","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/en\/mediacenter\/choeje-lama-palmo\/short-notices\/the-three-jewels-and-the-role-of-the-teacher\/","title":{"rendered":"The Three Jewels and the role of the teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-4ce64c1d76dd5f222e1d2fc27d1d867e\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-4ce64c1d76dd5f222e1d2fc27d1d867e{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-4ce64c1d76dd5f222e1d2fc27d1d867e .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-4ce64c1d76dd5f222e1d2fc27d1d867e .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-4ce64c1d76dd5f222e1d2fc27d1d867e av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_image  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >The Three Jewels and the role of the teacher<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jqsllyj8-e663c458df34f854b2f53368bc643ace\">\n.avia-image-container.av-jqsllyj8-e663c458df34f854b2f53368bc643ace img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-jqsllyj8-e663c458df34f854b2f53368bc643ace .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-jqsllyj8-e663c458df34f854b2f53368bc643ace av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-18863 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-18863 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/3-Juwelen-Lehrer.jpg\" alt='' title='3 Juwelen - Lehrer'  height=\"500\" width=\"750\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/3-Juwelen-Lehrer.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/3-Juwelen-Lehrer-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/3-Juwelen-Lehrer-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/3-Juwelen-Lehrer-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/3-Juwelen-Lehrer-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jo7n15sq-2fe7e31efc25be7ce8b6a9e6840408a4 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"bodytext\">The teacher is imperative in the Buddhadharma. That might sound a bit radical. But let us consider this statement and dismantle it, trying to understand the core of it. When we take refuge we take<strong> refuge in<\/strong> <b>Buddha, Dharma and Sangha<\/b>. This alone is profound and multi-faceted but for the sake of simplicity, let\u2019s keep it all simple. <b>Buddha means Completely Awakened<\/b>, it is a Sanskrit word.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">The <b>manifestation of Buddha\u2019s mind are his instructions and teachings<\/b>, or the <b>Dharma <\/b>and the <b>ones who make sure that the teachings<\/b>, not only 1:1 but also <b>expounded, explained, and conveyed,<\/b> get into the next generation, are the Sangha. Without these explanations of the <b>Sangha <\/b>it is a certainty that we will neither understand the teachings intellectually, nor comprehend them in our heart. That sounds as if I was doing some PR for teachers and advertise them. And it is always a bit strange if a teacher talks about the necessity of teachers but I have to take back my sensitivites here and inform you about this because else the teaching on refuge, only for the sake of being ego friendly, would be incomplete. Let me compound this a bit more so no misunderstanding can arise.<\/p>\n<p>The teacher is not important for us because he or she is so beautiful to see, is eloquent or&nbsp; smart. The only reason is that he or she brings us the Dharma, the Buddha\u2019s teachings. Not only that. The teacher gives us the transmissions or explanations of the lineage that are necessary to understand such simple statements as \u201cBuddha attained enlightenment\u201d. Students of the first semester at Buddhist university take apart this sentence for half a year, just to get a feeling for the depth of this statement, the compendium of all what it comprises.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\"><b>The relationship that each student of the Buddha Dharma has with the teacher is individual. <\/b>There is no such thing as a codex of comportment that defines strictly how to treat a teacher. Each student has his own relationship with the teacher, a solely spiritual relationship, just to take away possible misunderstandings. The teacher is Sangha, technically. He or she transmits and transfers the Dharma, Buddha\u2019s teachings. Everyone of you has a different kind of trust in this fact and hence comports themselves accordingly: With respect, in trust. The more trust we have in the teacher as the bearer of the Dharma, the more respectful will our interaction with the teacher be. The more devotional we are, the more respect we will feel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\"><b> <\/b>It is that simple. If someone tells you something differently, then that is not correct. <b>The teacher is Sangha<\/b> and not a rock- or filmstar whom we admire beyond the morally reasonable and completely switch off our brains. We have faith in the teacher as the person who brings us Buddhas\u2019 teachings and explains them so we can fullfill the promise that we gave during our taking refuge: to follow the sacred path of the Buddha and to actively put it into action. The teacher guides us along the path but we have to walk the path ourselves.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/en\/about-us\/choeje-lama-palmo\/\">Ch\u00f6je Lama Palmo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jput4bjj-88202b7f992241b44f145a0206d41571 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><a href=\"\/en\/mediacenter\/choeje-lama-palmo\/short-notices\/three-jewels-dharma\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full\" src=\"\/fix\/plinks.png\" width=\"50\" height=\"29\"><\/a><a href=\"\/en\/mediacenter\/choeje-lama-palmo\/short-notices\/the-three-juwels-and-our-ultimate-destination\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full\" src=\"\/fix\/prechts.png\" width=\"50\" height=\"29\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":2625,"menu_order":251,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2787","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Three Jewels and the role of the teacher - Palpung Europe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/en\/mediacenter\/choeje-lama-palmo\/short-notices\/the-three-jewels-and-the-role-of-the-teacher\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Three Jewels and the role of the teacher - Palpung Europe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/en\/mediacenter\/choeje-lama-palmo\/short-notices\/the-three-jewels-and-the-role-of-the-teacher\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Palpung Europe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-01-15T18:56:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/fix\/plinks.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palpung.eu\\\/en\\\/mediacenter\\\/choeje-lama-palmo\\\/short-notices\\\/the-three-jewels-and-the-role-of-the-teacher\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palpung.eu\\\/en\\\/mediacenter\\\/choeje-lama-palmo\\\/short-notices\\\/the-three-jewels-and-the-role-of-the-teacher\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Three Jewels and the role of the teacher - Palpung Europe\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palpung.eu\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-16T16:17:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-01-15T18:56:35+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palpung.eu\\\/en\\\/mediacenter\\\/choeje-lama-palmo\\\/short-notices\\\/the-three-jewels-and-the-role-of-the-teacher\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palpung.eu\\\/en\\\/mediacenter\\\/choeje-lama-palmo\\\/short-notices\\\/the-three-jewels-and-the-role-of-the-teacher\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palpung.eu\\\/en\\\/mediacenter\\\/choeje-lama-palmo\\\/short-notices\\\/the-three-jewels-and-the-role-of-the-teacher\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Startseite\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palpung.eu\\\/en\\\/home\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mediacenter\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palpung.eu\\\/en\\\/mediacenter\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Ch\u00f6je Lama Palmo\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palpung.eu\\\/en\\\/mediacenter\\\/choeje-lama-palmo\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Short notices\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palpung.eu\\\/en\\\/mediacenter\\\/choeje-lama-palmo\\\/short-notices\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"The Three Jewels and the role of the teacher\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palpung.eu\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palpung.eu\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Palpung Europe\",\"description\":\"European Seat of H.H. 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